Five ethnic Chechens from Russia have been arrested in southern France, including one with a cache of explosives, a local mayor said Tuesday as four other men appeared at a court in Paris, the first to face charges in the Paris terror attacks.

As she stood in her gleaming new classroom and watched the students and parents playing and talking and pointing on Monday, Early Childhood Special Education Teacher Melissa Stremke had a little problem — she couldn't stop smiling.

Born at McCune-Brooks Hospital, educated at Mark Twain School and Carthage High School, and now the owner and leader of one of the city's most prominent businesses, there's no questioning Steve Beimdiek's credentials as a Carthage native.